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A large, dark brown, tropical bolete in the Boletinellaceae. It can fruit without a host plant, and in China it is grown industrially in bottles with soil casing (a daily output of about 2 tons was reported in 2019), making it the only bolete reported to be cultivated successfully. It is a popular edible in Yunnan and northern Thailand.
Edible and mild-tasting; a popular market mushroom in China and northern Thailand. Wild fruit bodies are often maggot-ridden. The sources reviewed name no specific dangerous look-alikes; as with any bolete, avoid bitter-tasting specimens and those with red or orange pores. Over-picking has depleted wild populations in Yunnan.
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